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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Norris Ernest L DOMINATOR · Blue Springs, NE · May 3, 2011

Date: May 3, 2011 · 14:15 local
Place: Blue Springs, NE
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N103EB
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN11LA316
Reported as: Norris Ernest L Dominator
Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total

N103EBRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 2011 · Norris Ernest L DOMINATORS/N 001 · Built 2010 Airframe modelNorris Ernest L DOMINATOR Engine modelSubaru ALL MDLS A/B4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On may 3, 2011, in Blue Springs, Nebraska, at approximately 1415 hrs local time, privacy data omitted departed his personal runway in front of his residence with a westerly heading in the amateur built gyrocopter. He rotated approximately half the distance of his runway, continued to the west and turned slightly south, failing to gain the proper altitutde to get over the telephone cables. privacy data omitted Struck the lower side of the telephone cables with the upper blades of the gyrocopter causing the blades to depart the aircraft about 3 feet from the center of the main shaft. At that time, the aircraft fell to the street, approximately 35 feet from the impact point with the telephone cables, and burst into flames. Eye witnesses reached privacy data omitted within seconds and pulled him from the burning aircraft. The eyewitnesses reported calm to variable wind out of the east.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 3, 2011, IN BLUE SPRINGS, NEBRASKA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 HRS LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED HIS PERSONAL RUNWAY IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE WITH A WESTERLY HEADING IN THE AMATEUR BUILT GYROCOPTER. HE ROTATED APPROXIMATELY HALF THE DISTANCE OF HIS RUNWAY, CONTINUED TO THE WEST AND TURNED SLIGHTLY SOUTH, FAILING TO GAIN THE PROPER ALTITUTDE TO GET OVER THE TELEPHONE CABLES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE LOWER SIDE OF THE TELEPHONE CABLES WITH THE UPPER BLADES OF THE GYROCOPTER CAUSING THE BLADES TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT ABOUT 3 FEET FROM THE CENTER OF THE MAIN SHAFT. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE STREET, APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET FROM THE IMPACT POINT WITH THE TELEPHONE CABLES, AND BURST INTO FLAMES. EYE WITNESSES REACHED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITHIN SECONDS AND PULLED HIM FROM THE BURNING AIRCRAFT. THE EYEWITNESSES REPORTED CALM TO VARIABLE WIND OUT OF THE EAST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN11LA316Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportBlue Springs, NEThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines.May 3, 2011 · Substantial damage